28+ Years Of Experience Shows In This Artist’s Portraits Of People He Drew
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Lovisa Sköld explores a social realism where the viewer has difficulty not to put a smile on their faces. It is direct and yet subtle. In her oil painting she examines themes such as “Soft Polyester, the beauty and challenge of plastics”, “Men and failures in sports”, “The unpaid homework” and “Tired women”. Lovisa paints everyday situations that people are expected to be in, but where they may not want to be.
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Hyperrealism vs. Rumpeltonian Cubism
On one side, Hyperrealism — the art of vanishing.
Brushstrokes disappear. The hand disappears. The painting becomes so precise it impersonates a photograph. Every pore, every reflection, every wrinkle is rendered with surgical devotion. The goal is illusion. The triumph is invisibility.
On the other side, Rumpeltonian Cubism — the art of glorious malfunction.
Where hyperrealism smooths the world into flawless surface, Rumpeltonian Cubism fractures it. Perspective wanders. Eyes drift. Noses negotiate their own terms. The hand of the artist is not hidden — it is loudly present, waving from the corner saying, “Yes, I did this.”
Hyperrealism asks:
Can a painting become indistinguishable from a photo?
Rumpeltonian Cubism asks:
What happens when the photo refuses to cooperate?
Hyperrealism perfects the visible.
Rumpeltonian Cubism interrogates it.
In hyperrealism, reality is polished.
In Rumpeltonian Cubism, reality is rearranged.
One says, “Look how real this is.”
The other says, “Look how real this feels.”
And somewhere between a perfectly rendered eyelash and a heroic misaligned nostril…
is the human being.
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I recently saw this hyperrealist painting by artists Leng Jun and it quite frankly blows my mind.
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WIP Hyperrealistic Fernando Alonso
17 hours and 15 mins (9 consecutive hours)
My first try at hyperrealism, WIP cause I’m doing a hyperrealism background as well, collage type thing.
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Turning an ordinary day into the most powerful narrative. 🥡📱
A plastic bag, a hoodie, a lingering gaze… Between these mundane details lies the temperature of the city.
This piece was designed to borrow the “details of reality” (like a documentary) while inviting you to imagine the “next cut” (like fiction).
Where did she come from, and where is she headed?
Leave your thoughts in the comments. 👇
